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stil⋅bite

[stil-bahyt]
–noun
a white-to-brown or red zeolite mineral, a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum, occurring in sheaflike aggregates of crystals and in radiated masses.

Origin:
1805–15; < Gk stilb- (s. of stílbein to shine) + -ite 1
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stil·bite   (stĭl'bīt')   
n.  A white or yellow lustrous zeolite mineral, essentially (Ca,Na)2Al2Si7O18·7H2O.

[French, from Greek stilbos, shining; see stilbene.]
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